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REVIEWS

Amazon - July 2010

Given that this is a DVD-Audio disc, I'll assume you realize you need a dvd-audio player, and aren't playing it with a traditional dvd player, or ridiculous enough to even put it in a cd player. (it does have secondary tracks to play in dvd players, but those tracks suck)

I played this in my wonderful Oppo BDP-83, and opened it up into a 7.1 speaker output using Dolby's ProLogic IIx Music matrix on my Sony STR-DA5300ES a/v receiver.

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful record!!! After purchasing my Oppo blu ray player, which came bundled with two setup discs from AIX, I realized the disc was produced by AIX Records. They are amazing in their refinement of their craft.

The Soundstage is full, open, and expressive. You can tell the audio has a natural reverberation, and not a digitally created forced perspective. You can feel all the space of the theater in which they recorded the piece. In the notes, you'll read that they took ten days and twenty four stereo microphones to record the masterful record.

Being able to hear the entire piece (or at least the 1919 version) is so joyous, instead of just the finale you usually get on compilation discs for classical music.

I am quite pleased, and find this to be one of the best discs I've ever had the joy to listen to.

Oh, and I must mention Boléro! It was superb! The percussion's steady and slow build-up was so incredible and engaging! It has definitely never sounded better to my ears.

I highly recommend this disc to any audiophile, or person of appreciation for excellent music.

SPECTRAGRAPHS

EXPERTS AGREE

"I worry about sound quality and old ways of the industry. Up-sampled CDs, play-everything consumer machines and lawyers killed the DVDA. Many titles in vaults have sonic losses from compression and sampling that can’t be recovered. Yet, surely, there will be re-issues even though high resolution will not improve them. Some reviewers use analyzers to spot these marketed imposters."

"It's good to know there are still some labels left dedicated to making high quality surround recordings. I applaud you for educating people about what is and isn't HD (analog tape/vinyl being an example that isn't HD)."